To Florus 2.88
—so that marriage, which God had created, could not exist without the devil’s gift, to which you assign sexual desire; or rather, so that the marriages God had ordained flew away with the honor of his institution, and Adam forced and proved the marriages whose order remained to be the devil’s work, not God’s, with their genital movement, the partners’ modesty, the heat and agitation of their limbs, the delight of their senses, and the guilt of their newborn children—
Latin
Ut sine dono diaboli, ad quod dicis libidinem sexuum pertinere, nuptiae, quas Deus creaverat, esse non possent; immo illis, quas ordinaverat, institutionis suae honore avolantibus, has, quarum ordo permansit, cum motione genitalium, cum pudore coeuntium, cum calore et consternatione membrorum, cum iucunditate sensuum, cum iniquitate nascentium, diaboli, non Dei opus esse cogeret atque convinceret.
About this text
Julian’s six preserved books to Florus, quoted section by section in Augustine’s unfinished reply. Augustine’s refutations are omitted. Latin of Julian’s words is on each section.
Julian’s own books do not survive as a separate manuscript. English follows his words as Augustine quotes them in the Unfinished Work Against Julian. Augustine’s replies are omitted. We do not restore a Julian text independent of Augustine.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Unfinished Work Against Julian (Latin · Julian’s words as quoted, Books 1–6)
- Checked print Augustinus.it Latin of the Unfinished Work (Latin · Same work)
- Checked print Migne PL 45 (Latin · Hard cases)
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